8th June 2011, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indonesia
Posts: 5,147
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Yes,
I listen to Hibari Misora, Sayuri Ishikawa and Kobayashi Sachiko mostly
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Originally Posted by JackieRos
no, is she good?
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Enka (演歌) is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ryūkōka music, popular during the prewar years.
Modern enka, as developed in the postwar era, is a form of sentimental ballad music. Some of the first modern enka singers were Hachiro Kasuga, Michiya Mihashi, and Hideo Murata. The revival of enka in its modern form is said to date from 1969, when Keiko Fuji made her debut.
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Last edited by terra; 8th June 2011 at 04:38 AM.
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